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Food for Thought: When the Moon Hits Your Eye...
Before a weekend that will surely be saturated with parties of the frat, you might be looking for a little something something of another variety.
Listings: Television
Hooked: Illegal Drugs and How They Got That Way Thu, April 10, 8 p.m. The History Channel Yeah, this is a rerun.
Listings: Arts/Culture
Sir Thomas Allen to Teach Master Class Academy of Vocal Arts 1920 Spruce Street Thu, April 10, 2 p.m. Free (215) 735-1685 Sir Thomas Allen is a famous baritone and huge star of the British opera scene, which means you've heard of him if you're rich, euro, pretentious -- or all of the above, like me.
Listings: Kids' Events
Sesame Street Live: Let's Be Friends Sovereign Center 700 Penn Street Reading, PA April 10- April 14, various times I admit it.
Listings: Penn Alum
Ruminations by Aaron Karo University of Delaware Routes 4 And 896 Newark, Del. Mon, April 14, 7 p.m.
Listings: Penn Events
Spring Crafts Fair Locust Walk Thu, April 10 through Fri, April 11, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Bring Cash Spring time at Penn just isn't complete without the annual Spring Crafts Fair.
Chocolate for the Heart
The word chocolate is a loaded term. Guilt, pleasure, punishment, pain -- these are all adjectives plunged into the sweet brown concoction, alongside voracious teeth.
Listings: Concerts
Vida Blue The Electric Factory 421 North 7th Street Fri, April 11, 8:30 p.m. $22 adv/$24 dos The first thing I thought about when I heard about this funk band was Rickie Martin's "Livin' La Vida Loca." Remember that?
Listings: Arts/Culture
Madhouse Company of London's Wild Stunt Show Society Hill Playhouse 507 South 8th Street April 3 - Sept.
Listings: Penn Events
Learn How to Develop and Sustain Successful Business Relationships Graduate Student Center 3615 Locust Walk Thu, April 3, 2-3 p.m. Free I think Penn students are more or less covered in the business relationship area, if you ask me.
Listings: Television
True Life: I Have an Eating Disorder Thu, April 4, 10 p.m. MTV True Life has touched on some very serious subjects in the past.
Listings: Volunteer
Young Friends of ECS Volunteer Rehab Project St. Barnabas Mission of Episcopal Community Services 6006 West Girard Avenue Sat, April 5, 10 a.m.
Famous Graves and Legends
When West Philadelphia was a suburban paradise in the 18th century, affluent city dwellers built their country estates on the left bank of the Schulykill.
Listings: Film
Philadelphia Film Festival Various Locations in Center City and University City April 3 - April 17, various times $8.50, $6.50 matinees www.phillyfests.com/templates/home.cfm I hate movies.
Listings: Quilting
Art Quilts at the Sedgwick Sedgwick Cultural Center 7137 Germantown Avenue April 6-May 4, Various Times Free (215) 248-9229 Maybe instead of having to make a quilt for your special loved one, you can simply steal from the quilt exhibition.
Listings: Concerts
Particle/The Ally Theatre of the Living Arts 334 South Street Thurs - Fri, April 3-4, 9 p.m.
Listings: Wrestling
3PW Wrestling Electric Factory 421 North 7th Street Sat, March 29, 8 p.m. $17-$30 I know nothing about wrestling except that once there was a Ric Flair in the industry.
Listings: Penn Events
The Films of Philip Dick: Blade Runner, Total Recall Minority Report Graduate Student Center 3615 Locust Walk Thu, March 27, 7-9 p.m. Free www.upenn.edu/gsc The paranoid short story writer is fascinated by concealed identity and totalitarian controls on society.
Listings: Arts/Culture
The Marriage Proposal and the Bear by Anton Chekhov Gershman Y 401 South Broad Street March 27-30, Various Times $12 Anton Checkhov is one of the best playwrights of the modern era.
